WW1 US ARMY AVIATION SECTION SIGNAL CORPS 122nd AERO SQ PILOT CAMP VAIL NJ PHOTO

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Seller: topcat2001565758590 ✉️ (5,750) 100%, Location: New York, New York, US, Ships to: US & many other countries, Item: 166646111915 WW1 US ARMY AVIATION SECTION SIGNAL CORPS 122nd AERO SQ PILOT CAMP VAIL NJ PHOTO. ORIGINAL! RARE! WW1 US ARMY AVIATION SECTION SIGNAL CORPS 122nd AERO SQUADRON PILOT CADET CAMP VAIL NJ PHOTO 1917

RARE! WW1 US ARMY AVIATION SECTION SIGNAL CORPS 122nd AERO SQUADRON PILOT CADET FROM CAMP VAIL NEW JERSEY. PHOTO 1917

WW1 US ARMY AVIATION SECTION SIGNAL CORPS 122nd AERO SQUADRON PILOT CADET ( LEONARD I. COHEN ) FROM CAMP VAIL NEW JERSEY POSES IN HIS HOME TOWN CAPITOL CITY OF JACKSON MISSISSIPPI. HE WEARS HIS U.S. COLLAR DISK ON HIS M1917 ARMY UNIFORM WITH HIS 122nd AERO SQUADRON PATCHES AND A PROP WING INSIGNIA DEVICE ON HIS UNIFORMS SLEEVE NEAR HIS ELBOW (THE PROP WING INSIGNIA DEVICE IS  NOT IN VIEW SINCE THE PHOTO IS TIPPED (PASTED IN A SMALL SPOT AT THE TOP) IN THE FOLDER BEHIND THE FOLDERS FRAME). HE WEARS THE AVIATION HAT CORD ON HIS CAMPAIGN HAT ALONG WITH HIS WHITE HAT BAND OF AN AVIATION CADET.

 At the beginning of World War I in 1917, the U.S. Army Signal Corps opened a training facility named Camp Vail in Little Silver / Oceanport, New Jersey . This facility was named after Alfred Vail, an inventor associated with Samuel F. B. Morse. Later that year, the Army established the Signal Corps Radio Laboratories at Camp Vail, devoted to research in radio and electronics. The overall installation was upgraded and became Fort Vail. Under the direction of Col. Dr. George Owen Squier, the Radio Laboratories centered on the standardization of vacuum tubes and the testing of equipment manufactured for the Army by commercial firms. Experimentation was also being done on radio communications with aircraft, detection of aircraft using sound and electromagnetic waves, and meteorology. Squier had earlier made a major contribution to communications by developing multiplexing, for which he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1919. After the end of World War I, aviation communication was transferred to the Signal Corps Aircraft Radio Laboratory at Wilbur Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio. The Radio Laboratories at Camp Vail continued at a low level, centering on design and testing of radio sets, field telephone and telegraph equipment, and meteorology. The facility survived as an Army installation by the Signal Corps moving all of its schools to Camp Vail, with the consolidation named the Signal School. In 1925, Fort Vail was renamed Fort Monmouth. Although overshadowed by the Signal School and at a reduced scale due to budget restrictions, the Radio Laboratory remained an important activity at Fort Monmouth. Developments included a variety of radios for voice and Morse code communications. Coupling capabilities in electronics and meteorology, in 1929 the Laboratory developed and launched the first radio-equipped weather balloon.

PHOTO's CONDITION IS EXTREMELY FINE.

PERIOD HAND ID'd ON THE REVERSE:

LEON I. COHEN  ( LEONARD I. COHEN  )

ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHERS FOLDER ENGRAVED INSIDE:

THE DANIEL STUDIO

JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

SEPIA

SHARP FOCUS WITH VERY GOOD CONTRAST

FOLDER'S CONDITION IS VERY FINE WITH SOME LIGHT HANDLING FROM ITS 107 + YEARS. 

FOLDER DIMENSIONS (CLOSED): 4 1/2" x 7 1/8"

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  • Condition: Used
  • Conflict: WW I (1914-18)
  • Theme: Militaria
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Region of Origin: United States
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Modified Item: No

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